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for mitt romney. i think it proves he's no way, no way qualified to be the leader of the free world. 1-866-55-press. we come back. going to take a quick break to talk about the new iphone. get ready. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." let's hear yours. politically direct means no b.s. just telling you what's going on in politics today. >>at the only on-line forum with a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. i'm jennifer granholm, let me tell you a story. in colorado, the auto rescue saved more than 9,000 jobs. in the great state of michigan, 211,000 good paying, american jobs! in romney's world, cars get the elevator, and the workers get the shaft! (vo) want more granholm? get her every night. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: oh, boy. 13 minutes now before the top of the hour. joe cirincione from the
for mitt romney. i think it proves he's no way, no way qualified to be the leader of the free world. 1-866-55-press. we come back. going to take a quick break to talk about the new iphone. get ready. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." let's hear yours. politically direct means no b.s. just telling you what's going on in politics today. >>at the only on-line forum with a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time....
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last night he didn't let mitt romney get away with the romney extreme makeover effort, which romney brought out in the first debate and tried last night. the difference was last night the president held mitt romney accountable for all the statements that romney made during the republican primary. in the first debate, romney tried to again reinvent himself and i think the president was just, he was caught by surprise by the willingness of romney just to do his total makeover, but he didn't get away with it last night romney didn't. >> bill: romney would say anything. i mean, he treat it again. >> we were talking about that earlier, congressman, you know, he's getting called on these things now. romneying having trouble. he got called on energy, on detroit and bankruptcy. oh, you adopted my plan. excuse me? how did you think the president did there fighting back on that auto question? >> that's right romney, really, another outrageous effort to mislead people, because he claimed that essentially the president followed mitt romney's advice which is absurd, because what the president's plan pro
last night he didn't let mitt romney get away with the romney extreme makeover effort, which romney brought out in the first debate and tried last night. the difference was last night the president held mitt romney accountable for all the statements that romney made during the republican primary. in the first debate, romney tried to again reinvent himself and i think the president was just, he was caught by surprise by the willingness of romney just to do his total makeover, but he didn't get...
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. >> mitt romney, can he beat obama? >> no, he can't beat obama because his policy is the basis of obama care. the signature issue president obama is obama care. you can't have a candidate who has given the blueprint for obama care. it is too identical. it's not going to happen. >> bill: not going to happen, you're right about that, michelle. we'll go to afghanistan here at the very top of the hour. nia maleka henderson from "the washington post" will be joining us in about 20 minutes from now. david shuster from current tv in as a friend of bill. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> bill, miami heat star chris bosh had a busy schedule over the last couple of days. see if you can follow me here. on wednesday, he into you to new york with his teammates for game three of the eastern conference first round series against the knicks. then he got word his wife was in labor so he hopped on a private jet, flew back to miami to be with his wife who gave birth to a boy named jackson. about 3:00 a.m. then it was back
. >> mitt romney, can he beat obama? >> no, he can't beat obama because his policy is the basis of obama care. the signature issue president obama is obama care. you can't have a candidate who has given the blueprint for obama care. it is too identical. it's not going to happen. >> bill: not going to happen, you're right about that, michelle. we'll go to afghanistan here at the very top of the hour. nia maleka henderson from "the washington post" will be joining us...
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he's got a 300 point deficit to mitt romney. he calls that romney math. his numbers are apparently a little different. it looks like this thing is over. >> sort of like a rodney dangerfield moment. can't get more respect. >> he can get more respect than he used to. >> that's for sure. i interviewed him in february of 2011 in a krispy kreme. he had just given a speech where michelle batch man wasta at this event. she got much more praise and cheers and standing ovations thank he did. he has been able to reverse those fortunes. >> he won 11 primaries. it's gotten to the point where math matly he is not going to be able to catch up. he is going to stay in this thing. they pretty much admit it's not matter of getting to 1144 themselves but denying mitt romney getting 1144. he is the face and voice of social conservatives, of the religious right. we will have to see. >> we will talk more about the louisiana primary with nia nia malika. not just louisiana but what's coming up is more important and how president obama's campaign is shaping up as well. >> this is
he's got a 300 point deficit to mitt romney. he calls that romney math. his numbers are apparently a little different. it looks like this thing is over. >> sort of like a rodney dangerfield moment. can't get more respect. >> he can get more respect than he used to. >> that's for sure. i interviewed him in february of 2011 in a krispy kreme. he had just given a speech where michelle batch man wasta at this event. she got much more praise and cheers and standing ovations thank...
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romney isn't. >> romney is not. standing there with david axelrod, the former mayor of north adams, massachusetts, he was mayor while mitt romney was governor, mayor john barrett joining us on the news line this morning. mr. mayor, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> good to have you with us. so let's start with mitt romney and how he did on jobs. he is calling himself the job creator. what's his record in massachusetts? >> well, as i have said many times in the past several weeks, he was rather disengaged. i was mayor of really the smallest city in massachusetts but, also, one of the poorest, and when i first came in to office, we lost, you know, close to 3,000 manufacturing jobs. and we had to re-invent ourselves as many industrial cities did around new england and things like that. and we always got -- and i worked with seven governors. republicans and democrats over the years much the most dismal record of job creation was mitt romney. he never understood the state. he never understood the communities. in f
romney isn't. >> romney is not. standing there with david axelrod, the former mayor of north adams, massachusetts, he was mayor while mitt romney was governor, mayor john barrett joining us on the news line this morning. mr. mayor, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> good to have you with us. so let's start with mitt romney and how he did on jobs. he is calling himself the job creator. what's his record in massachusetts? >> well, as i have said many times in the...
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mitt romney never mentioned veterans. never mentioned military families. and then the president ended up by saying, come on, got right down to it. i want it and i need your vote! >> if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules then i need you to vote this november. >> bill: so off we go! out of charlotte into the campaign. president on the road today. what did you think? joe biden, barack obama 1-866-55-press. did they deliver the goods here in charlotte north carolina? fellow progressives, fellow liberals, fellow americans let's talk it here on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." it's go time. what time is it rob? oh, then it's go. go. go. go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh, right. go time! (vo) this is joy. >>who the heck does mitt romney think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. >>since when d
mitt romney never mentioned veterans. never mentioned military families. and then the president ended up by saying, come on, got right down to it. i want it and i need your vote! >> if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules then i need you to vote this november. >> bill: so off we go! out of charlotte into the campaign. president on the road today. what did you think? joe biden, barack obama...
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. >> bill: 13 minutes now before the top of the hour here on the "full court press" -- make it 12 minutes. before we get back to the news of the day, here is a story that caught my attention out of wftv in florida. a man in florida accused of pocketing $80,000 after stealing the identity of a professional athlete. he allegedly called
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dogs against romney. >> dogs against romney yeah. new book coming out, dog on the roof, on the road with mitt and the mutt. >> yeah. this story won't go away. and appropriately not. it's just an absolutely astounding story. he was talking to somebody this weekend about it as we were actually driving. and i said to them can you imagine if you had a dog on the roof right now. >> yeah. >> in a moving car. >> for 12 hours. >> for 12 hours, and then the dog got so scared it scrapped all over the -- crapped all over the roof and his solution was to hose it down and keep driving. >> unbelievable. >> it's just i mean, there are no words for it. you know they have even done polling on it and as you can imagine, people are kind of moved by it. like, that is a strange, strange and mean thing to do. >> we know from what ann romney said because she said he only got sick because that time he ate the turkey when he shouldn't have off of the kitchen table or the kitchen counter that they had done this more than once. she said that was the only time
dogs against romney. >> dogs against romney yeah. new book coming out, dog on the roof, on the road with mitt and the mutt. >> yeah. this story won't go away. and appropriately not. it's just an absolutely astounding story. he was talking to somebody this weekend about it as we were actually driving. and i said to them can you imagine if you had a dog on the roof right now. >> yeah. >> in a moving car. >> for 12 hours. >> for 12 hours, and then the dog got so...
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mitt romney. so, if you take a look at their statement at the time, i think you can legitimately raise a question as the obama campaign did in that spot with bill clinton in it. would mitt romney have done the same thing? would he have had the could hewn hewn -- kahunas to go after osama bin laden? based on his statements last year, based on his statements four years ago, the answer is no way would he have done so. 866-55-press. you know what really bugged me is that ariana huffington said it was despicable for president obama to show that ad. it is not despicable for president obama to show that ad. again, he did it. he can take credit for it. mitt romney would never have done the same thing. i think that's pretty clear no matter what he says to date. 866-55-press. it is the "full court press," tuesday, may 1. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. >>tv and
mitt romney. so, if you take a look at their statement at the time, i think you can legitimately raise a question as the obama campaign did in that spot with bill clinton in it. would mitt romney have done the same thing? would he have had the could hewn hewn -- kahunas to go after osama bin laden? based on his statements last year, based on his statements four years ago, the answer is no way would he have done so. 866-55-press. you know what really bugged me is that ariana huffington said it...
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i think people get caught up is mitt romney left? is mitt romney right? he has embraced some far right positions. make no mistake. but i think the thing that really characterizes mitt romney is less left right and more up/down. he is so focused on making sure that wealthy people do better. it's just his economic philosophy. he thinks the whole current tree does better when rich people are doing well but it's at the expense of the middle class. it literally races taxes on poor people some rich people can have more tax breaks romneyhood. >> bill burton, julie mason and you. we safe -- somehow here we have a seat for you at the table. we will find room now, give us a call at 866-55-press. the full court press. ♪ >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show, new on current tv. ♪ building up to this. >>bill shares his views, now >>i know you're going to want to weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. g?g? it's go time. >>every
i think people get caught up is mitt romney left? is mitt romney right? he has embraced some far right positions. make no mistake. but i think the thing that really characterizes mitt romney is less left right and more up/down. he is so focused on making sure that wealthy people do better. it's just his economic philosophy. he thinks the whole current tree does better when rich people are doing well but it's at the expense of the middle class. it literally races taxes on poor people some rich...
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not mitt romney. when chinese tires threatened thousands of american jobs, it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. >> romney says if he were elected, he would be the one to crack down on china but some big businesses are worried about the trade sanctions that might impose. back with more bill. stay with us. (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. >>since when do you get to say stuff like that on tv? >> listen, if you'd read your email once in a while, you'd know i have a new show. (vo) always outspoken. >> sometimes i feel like i don't even know you. >> just stay on your side of the screen, ok? [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: mitt romney says 50% of americans i don't care about them. t
not mitt romney. when chinese tires threatened thousands of american jobs, it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. >> romney says if he were elected, he would be the one to crack down on china but some big businesses are worried about the trade sanctions that might impose. back with more bill. stay with us. (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando...
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you know the big thing that romney did was healthcare. they're not sure how that's going to play out because obama doesn't talk about his own healthcare plan because there is concern about how that plays out politically. it is all very risky. i compare this poll -- this whole campaign to the washington capitals hockey playoffs. they played 14 playoff games 13 were decided by one goal. i think that this campaign is going to be very tight and one thing that one candidate tries is going to have some benefits but it will also have some pit falls. they'll have to be careful about how they approach each other. i think it will be like this for the next six months. >> bill: the president, a lot of his time recently has been spent talking about his to do list. we saw another one the other day again in the briefing room where the two people came in to talk about this tax credit for people who build wind turbines and solar panels. >> right. >> bill: how important is this to do list? it seems to me none of them are world-shaking issues. do you think
you know the big thing that romney did was healthcare. they're not sure how that's going to play out because obama doesn't talk about his own healthcare plan because there is concern about how that plays out politically. it is all very risky. i compare this poll -- this whole campaign to the washington capitals hockey playoffs. they played 14 playoff games 13 were decided by one goal. i think that this campaign is going to be very tight and one thing that one candidate tries is going to have...
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romney criticized that. that represents a good majority of the population. >> bill: he was elected. >> actually, he's doing a terrific job. and so you had a couple of bad weeks and what you see now and this is a headline in "the washington post" editorial page this morning you're seeing a pro american pushback. you're seeing major demonstrations in libya. against the militias. you're seeing unarmed people come in and take over the militia headquarters, strip them. you see the government start to stand up and order all militias to ban the property. in egypt you're seeing clerics denounce the demonstrations that took place outside the cairo embassy issuing -- saying this is not how we protest. we can protect the honor of the prophet mohammed but not in this way. you're seeing something good come out of this couple of weeks of tumult. >> bill: i saw the report on cbs news last night in benghazi the populous, right unarmed populous actually took over the militia headquarters and threw them out of benghazi. >> in
romney criticized that. that represents a good majority of the population. >> bill: he was elected. >> actually, he's doing a terrific job. and so you had a couple of bad weeks and what you see now and this is a headline in "the washington post" editorial page this morning you're seeing a pro american pushback. you're seeing major demonstrations in libya. against the militias. you're seeing unarmed people come in and take over the militia headquarters, strip them. you see...
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that's mitt romney. actually, they bought up obama's when he said redistribution and they want to talk about the comment that he just made. is mitt romney really the person that wants to talk about what somebody said in the past? >> bill: i don't think so. right? in fact, i think he has a genetic problem. it was his father who was a leading candidate for president until he said he had been brainwashed about vietnam. so maybe he had better be careful. lamont, appreciate the call. i saw joe donnelly, good congressman from indiana who's going to be the next democratic senator from indiana. saw him yesterday and he's looking good and he's up a little bit in the polls. so gotta make that happen. johnny is in bellwood, illinois. johnny, good morning to you. >> caller: good morning. >> bill: what do you think? >> caller: i think mitt romney is such a big liar and people just don't call him out on being a big liar. for him to say anything about anything. he is so wrong! but he's not ready to be my president. but
that's mitt romney. actually, they bought up obama's when he said redistribution and they want to talk about the comment that he just made. is mitt romney really the person that wants to talk about what somebody said in the past? >> bill: i don't think so. right? in fact, i think he has a genetic problem. it was his father who was a leading candidate for president until he said he had been brainwashed about vietnam. so maybe he had better be careful. lamont, appreciate the call. i saw joe...
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleasant your hearts. >> the big one. >> stephanie: all i know, the little flower is there and it means go to meeting. i love go to meeting. >>the gavin newsom show is a search engine for solutions, and that's the focus. we want to focus on solutions and ways of bringing people together. that's the only way we're going to solve the world's great vexing problems. >>(narrator) the gavin newsom show friday at 11 eastern/8 pacific on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation. on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. standing up for the nuns. >> that's what we are going to do for this hour here on the full-court press. hello, everybody. happy wednesday, wednesday june 13th. good to see you today, and thank you so much for being part of the program here. it's the full court press as we boom out to you live from ou
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleasant your hearts. >> the big one. >> stephanie: all i know, the little flower is there and it means go to meeting. i love go to meeting. >>the gavin newsom show is a search engine for solutions, and that's the focus. we want to focus on solutions and ways of bringing people together. that's the only way we're...
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but there was a lot of love for obama in charlotte. >> even mitt romney didn't talk about why mitt romney's agenda is right for the country. bill crystal said it he gave no rationale for why he should be elected president. and that's one of the big criticisms not that i'm prone to quote laura ingram but laura ingram said if they can't do better than what they are doing in terms of communicating message they should pack up and go home. >> bill: laura said that george [ inaudible ] said that rush limbaugh said that and weekly standard is saying the same thing that from their point of view, this should be a slam dunk, right? >> well yeah -- >> bill: they think because the economy is so bad. but they have a candidate and party that is not taking advantage of the situation, and they are almost saying we're going to lose when we do lose we better just shut down the republican party. >> to be fair i think it's easy for these outside commentators. mitt romney and paul ryan know this, because they are smart people. they know their numbers don't add up. they know that -- you know, their campaign has
but there was a lot of love for obama in charlotte. >> even mitt romney didn't talk about why mitt romney's agenda is right for the country. bill crystal said it he gave no rationale for why he should be elected president. and that's one of the big criticisms not that i'm prone to quote laura ingram but laura ingram said if they can't do better than what they are doing in terms of communicating message they should pack up and go home. >> bill: laura said that george [ inaudible ]...
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mitt romney has made -- as we have to remember this. listen to mitt romney. he doesn't talk about when he was at the olympics. he doesn't talk about when he was governor of massachusetts. never. he talks about bain capital -- his whole campaign: the economy is broken. i am a businessman i know how to fix it. i was head of bain capital. i know all about jobs. now, if he makes that the center piece of his campaign, you are f-i in good right that president obama has every right and every duty, nothing wrong at all with challenging that statement, with taking a look at his record at bain capital and tell the american people the truth, which is all that he has done. let's look at it the other way: pom's record mitt romney attacks president obama's record all the time says he was in over his head hasn't accomplished anything. well, then, it's certainly fair for president obama to defend his record. or if obama is running on his record, it's fair to challenge the record. they are not only wrong, they are disloyal. >> that's a difference between republicans and democ
mitt romney has made -- as we have to remember this. listen to mitt romney. he doesn't talk about when he was at the olympics. he doesn't talk about when he was governor of massachusetts. never. he talks about bain capital -- his whole campaign: the economy is broken. i am a businessman i know how to fix it. i was head of bain capital. i know all about jobs. now, if he makes that the center piece of his campaign, you are f-i in good right that president obama has every right and every duty,...
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mitt romney did not. partly it was maybe mitt romney had a cold. but it was the issue they were talking about. obama not going into the presidency with a lot of foreign policy experience. but there's been a lot happen on his watch. he's handled it. he's grown. he's handled it very, very well, i believe. restored our reputation around the world. mitt romney knows this is not his long suit. i think he was nervous about not making a big jerry ford kind of goof. gaffe. >> his positions in this area, mitt romney's, they're all an inch deep. so i think that there was a calculation that look, we do not want to get into a back and forth. peel back the onion. so when obama would attack, romney's response, a number of times was just well, attacking me doesn't solve the problem. but of course you could say about any attack or any -- you could say that no matter what. and it kind of gets you through in a way but it also fends off any extended -- any extended back and forth because when you peel back, he hasn't articulated beyond the talk and beyond the bluster
mitt romney did not. partly it was maybe mitt romney had a cold. but it was the issue they were talking about. obama not going into the presidency with a lot of foreign policy experience. but there's been a lot happen on his watch. he's handled it. he's grown. he's handled it very, very well, i believe. restored our reputation around the world. mitt romney knows this is not his long suit. i think he was nervous about not making a big jerry ford kind of goof. gaffe. >> his positions in...
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including mitt romney. and kind of sat there and wrote this nice little story describing where -- describing what mitt romney was like during church. he sang the hymns and chatted with congregants. what's interesting to me and why i kind of picked up on this and wrote about it is that you know, there's really nothing shocking or particularly groundbreaking as far as revelations in that article but it did get people's attention and i think the reason it did is because mitt romney has been so guarded and private about his faith that any tiny glimpse into what he's like in church, even the most boring kind of few details seems like you know, a huge scoop. >> bill: couple of quick questions. first of all, i don't know casey hunt, is that her name? is she a mormon? if not -- i didn't think you were allowed to go to a mormon church if you're not mormon. >> that's an important point. the mormon church does welcome visitors. casey hunter is not mormon as far as i know. but the reason i think there's confusion is th
including mitt romney. and kind of sat there and wrote this nice little story describing where -- describing what mitt romney was like during church. he sang the hymns and chatted with congregants. what's interesting to me and why i kind of picked up on this and wrote about it is that you know, there's really nothing shocking or particularly groundbreaking as far as revelations in that article but it did get people's attention and i think the reason it did is because mitt romney has been so...
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mitt romney said all moms work. under current law, raising children does not count toward the required work authority and mid romney said he wanted to show women with children as young as two years old the dignity of work. and so if they received any help from the government, they had to go out to work. and so what this legislation kind of take them up on this notion, if all moms work let us and the law to say that push moms can stay home until their children reach 4 years old and that work of raising children -- and that's why we are calling it the work bill -- women's option to raise kids act would county at work if they stay home and take care of their kids, that would be their work for three years anyway. >> they would be able to apply for government assistance? >> that's right. >> yeah. if they need it during that time? >> that's right. if you have a job, that supplies to your work requirement or job training or, you know, various things apply toward your work retirements, not raising children right now. so thi
mitt romney said all moms work. under current law, raising children does not count toward the required work authority and mid romney said he wanted to show women with children as young as two years old the dignity of work. and so if they received any help from the government, they had to go out to work. and so what this legislation kind of take them up on this notion, if all moms work let us and the law to say that push moms can stay home until their children reach 4 years old and that work of...
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mayor romney has been -- romney has been he critical of the response. he has yet to offer up any substantive solutions of his own. secretary of state hillary clinton is in copenhagen. any u.s. military intervention in syria would need international support especially that of russia. >>> npr reporting today that a 91-year-old world war ii veteran is the latest floridian to get caught up with governor rick scott's efforts to purge voter rolls of the state. his effort targets alleged noncitizens. it includes some 200,000 names. these people are getting letters from county election supervisors saying they have 30 days to prove their citizenship or they'll be ineligible to vote including the 91-year-old world war ii veteran. as we reported yesterday the state officials are using an outdated driver's license database to sift out potential noncitizens. this is how hundreds of actual citizens are getting caught up in the process. hispanic, democratic and independent-minded voters are disproportionately being targeted. democrats say this smells a lot like 2000 w
mayor romney has been -- romney has been he critical of the response. he has yet to offer up any substantive solutions of his own. secretary of state hillary clinton is in copenhagen. any u.s. military intervention in syria would need international support especially that of russia. >>> npr reporting today that a 91-year-old world war ii veteran is the latest floridian to get caught up with governor rick scott's efforts to purge voter rolls of the state. his effort targets alleged...
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and he went after mitt romney. he said i am not going to talk about my republican oppose but let's take mitt romney the things they have in common. they both went to harvard. >> we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one. he has two. what a snob. >> yeah. it was just mavleous. we will play more clips as we go along and jimmy kimmel. i thought he did a good job. he had a lot of material and he kept kept -- nobody was sacred certainly not the president of the united states. he made some jokes about the president's ears. >> that's the first time i have ever heard anybody joke about the president's ears. >> it was a good line and michelle obama particularly couldn't control her laughter. >> nobody was sacred. not the president of the united states and not even current tv. >> al gore launched current tv in 2005 and it took off like a north korean rocket. to be honest i didn't even know current tv was still on the air, but then i don't get channel "a million". >> very, very funny line. i want you to know i was si
and he went after mitt romney. he said i am not going to talk about my republican oppose but let's take mitt romney the things they have in common. they both went to harvard. >> we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one. he has two. what a snob. >> yeah. it was just mavleous. we will play more clips as we go along and jimmy kimmel. i thought he did a good job. he had a lot of material and he kept kept -- nobody was sacred certainly not the president of the united states. he...
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, romney, trump. that just -- that just blew away any point that he was trying to make yesterday about the economy. every time we turn around, you know, romney is talking about birth control or he is talking now about -- he is not talking about the birther issue but by associating with donald trump, that becomes the ir. we are here with fell he's interesting ish a son interesting some ness interesting interesting somnez. mitt romney will be the republican nominee. and when we come back, fell each interesting ish a, let's talk about, why is it that the candidates for vice president, at least the ones that are being talked about, each interesting actually seem to be more serious than most of the candidates if not all that we saw running for president? 866-55-press. again, mitt romney's hanging out with donald trump. guilt move? do you think he will get votes that way? 86655377. >> on your radio and on current tv. this is the bill press show. >> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're
, romney, trump. that just -- that just blew away any point that he was trying to make yesterday about the economy. every time we turn around, you know, romney is talking about birth control or he is talking now about -- he is not talking about the birther issue but by associating with donald trump, that becomes the ir. we are here with fell he's interesting ish a son interesting some ness interesting interesting somnez. mitt romney will be the republican nominee. and when we come back, fell...
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and it's that sense of romney. i mean i wrote a we or so ago, as the madmen new fifth season started this cans started, this guy is don draper. he is like him. the only thing he doesn't have is another name. he has got another identity. he almost seems to people. so there is an inconsistency. there is a sort of slipperiness there that and, that combined with the war on women is did you have stuff, i think. >> in the meantime newt newt is still out there. right? >> right. >> he doesn't even pretend any more there is any juice left i don't think. but he insists, though, that it was a smart thing for him to do to run for president. here is newt over the weekend. >> turned out to be much harder than i thought it would be but it was the right thing for me to do at that point, both in my life and for where i thought the country was. >> itthe right thing for the country. my question to you is: what role do you think -- i mean he's been talking to romney. so clearly, they are cooking something up. >> right. >> is newt goin
and it's that sense of romney. i mean i wrote a we or so ago, as the madmen new fifth season started this cans started, this guy is don draper. he is like him. the only thing he doesn't have is another name. he has got another identity. he almost seems to people. so there is an inconsistency. there is a sort of slipperiness there that and, that combined with the war on women is did you have stuff, i think. >> in the meantime newt newt is still out there. right? >> right. >> he...
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so he is close to romney. he came out and said for rommy to release one more year of tax returns plus that letter from his accountants, alex said at first i thought it was a april fool's joke. does he really think this is going to bury this issue. no way, it will just keep the issue alive. this is from the man that ran his campaign in 2008. eric from atlanta. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i need something to heal my political ill. [ laughter ] >> caller: this is what romney is doing. there's no way he can release these tax returns because it will scandalize the mormon church. he is reducing his capital by giving to himself. if you look at the mormon church they are the richest church in the whole world? why? it is because of the taxes. and this is why ann romney and mitt they always talk about how much he gives to charity. basically he is giving to himself. >> bill: yeah, eric i think you are on to something heard, but what i have heard is the really reason mitt romney won't release his tax returns is
so he is close to romney. he came out and said for rommy to release one more year of tax returns plus that letter from his accountants, alex said at first i thought it was a april fool's joke. does he really think this is going to bury this issue. no way, it will just keep the issue alive. this is from the man that ran his campaign in 2008. eric from atlanta. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i need something to heal my political ill. [ laughter ] >> caller: this is what romney...
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we hear a lot of romney. we have seen a lot of romney. people don't know what romney stands for. he keeps a lot -- he doesn't say a lot about what he might do. he says, you know i know about jobs. but he hasn't told us what he would do about jobs. he hasn't told us what the government agencies -- he told us -- he is a secret man, i guess, is what i am saying. >> one of the things about the president is that people very long had a chance to look at this guy for five years. they have seen him in massive crisis when he had to make a call on bin laden and they say the economy will collapse. the auto industry is about to collapse. >> right. >> one by one, you get a chance to look at this guy and he is somebody who has a core and who can make a decision and who has his heart in the right place. i think that's where generally the country sees him. romney is didn't. we know from weather vanes. this guy has put it at a whole new level. i have followed him around the country. we all have. he has said different things in different places. you know, there are 50 states but there is only one
we hear a lot of romney. we have seen a lot of romney. people don't know what romney stands for. he keeps a lot -- he doesn't say a lot about what he might do. he says, you know i know about jobs. but he hasn't told us what he would do about jobs. he hasn't told us what the government agencies -- he told us -- he is a secret man, i guess, is what i am saying. >> one of the things about the president is that people very long had a chance to look at this guy for five years. they have seen...
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because mitt romney and barack obama agreed to suspend negative advertising. 10:00 pm mitt romney sent out mess aim but said you can't send this out until midnight. so did barack obama win the week over this? we want to know your thoughts and what your favorite right-wing fall about the president is give us a call at 866-55-press. it's the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. ♪ that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: taking your emails on any topic at anytime. this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> john: we are taking your emails on the best best show. i want to thank you, peter for giving me the most hate-filled ones. >> sorry. >> john: no this is the best proof that darwin may have been wrong. you are a traitor to the bill of rights, a soulless and intolerant moron and no
because mitt romney and barack obama agreed to suspend negative advertising. 10:00 pm mitt romney sent out mess aim but said you can't send this out until midnight. so did barack obama win the week over this? we want to know your thoughts and what your favorite right-wing fall about the president is give us a call at 866-55-press. it's the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current...
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fear the most is ann romney. now, she is an asset to him, no doubt about it. >> yeah. we always -- you know, i remember when george w. bush was extremely unpopular, his wife, barbara bush, was still very popular. >> same with barbara bush. >> same with barbara bush. same with michellee obama. she is more popular when she washe was down near 40%, she was still very popular. this is the role that you hope that a first lady can have and i think -- >> the wequestion is: how many people vote for the first lady or wife of the candidate even if they like here? ? >> i don't think it's very muchany. it's nice to know that this guy's wife is there and i think more than anything else, it's kind of a character witness, you know. if this guy married somebody who i really like, then that says being about had. >> he can't be all that bad? right. >> exactly. there may be something redeeming about this guy. >> aaron blake on twitter at post politics dom. aaron, we will be watching with you. thank you for a little preview this mor
fear the most is ann romney. now, she is an asset to him, no doubt about it. >> yeah. we always -- you know, i remember when george w. bush was extremely unpopular, his wife, barbara bush, was still very popular. >> same with barbara bush. >> same with barbara bush. same with michellee obama. she is more popular when she washe was down near 40%, she was still very popular. this is the role that you hope that a first lady can have and i think -- >> the wequestion is: how...
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the romney iscampaign is trying to make it a referendu. on that very question hinges what happens in november. if it's seen as a choice election, obama wins. if it seems as a referendum romney wins. very important ad that the president has out yesterday. dave zirin in studio. judd legham will join us at the half. next hour, we will talk with chris geitner from buzz feed in s well but first >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news on this tuesday, elton john gave a very powerful speech at the international aids conference in washington yesterday. he took time to praise politicians on both sides of the aisle for their work to badge the disease including former president george w. bush and talked about his personal life and said he shouldn't be alive because of his lifestyle in the 1980s, but should be 6 feet under but because all of all of the love. >> that's a big conference. even the most hardcore critics of george w. bush will give him credit for the aids stuff. >> a lot of money in it. >> gabby giffords' recovery i
the romney iscampaign is trying to make it a referendu. on that very question hinges what happens in november. if it's seen as a choice election, obama wins. if it seems as a referendum romney wins. very important ad that the president has out yesterday. dave zirin in studio. judd legham will join us at the half. next hour, we will talk with chris geitner from buzz feed in s well but first >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news on this tuesday, elton john...
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are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and socially conservative. you have the massachusetts moderate label that's kind of followed mitt romney around, it might not be a natural switch. i do think at the end of the day, social conservatives and all conservatives want to see barack obama be a one-term president. i would expect them to make the move, though not as quickly as the romney camp would like. >> bill: one thing this surprised me about santorum was after saying that and getting into that little tassel with "the new york times" but after saying mitt romney was the worst person in the country to run for republicans, to put up again
are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and...
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, ryan-romney ticket -- that's what it is. when you look at what they want to do about medicare there is indeed a stark, stark difference. it's a difference between saving it and ending it. yesterday, of course, to -- not yesterday. often over the weekend, saturday morning, to really emphasize that they want this debate on medicare, they sent paul ryan down to this retirement community in florida, the villages" and he brings up on stage a person who lives there part-time and depends on medicare. meet my mommy. >> this is my mom, betty. she is why i am here. she and her grandkids are why i am here. >> betty is on stage. now, they want to debate on medicare. here is the deal. okay? let's you and i agree we are going to have a debate on medicare but based upon the facts. >> that's not what you hear, the facts are not what you hear from paul ryan first of all, he says, here is my plan. >> it's a plan that says do not change benefits for people 5 and above and for those of us who are euchre when we become medicare he will eligible,
, ryan-romney ticket -- that's what it is. when you look at what they want to do about medicare there is indeed a stark, stark difference. it's a difference between saving it and ending it. yesterday, of course, to -- not yesterday. often over the weekend, saturday morning, to really emphasize that they want this debate on medicare, they sent paul ryan down to this retirement community in florida, the villages" and he brings up on stage a person who lives there part-time and depends on...
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> romney you can take it. >> a new ad we will play for you when we come back here with lynn sweet, chicago sun times methderr death shiner from row call and bill cress part full-court press. you are welcome to join our conversation at 866-55-press. we will be right back. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio and on current tv this is the bill press show. >> here we are the full court press, on this monday monday july 30th. brought to you today by asmee check out the good work at the website, ascme.org. well, it was a weekend to watch the olympics opening ceremonies. the first event you exciting time for people worldwide and us americans behind team u.s.a. here to join us in conversation about the olympics both games and the coverage dave zirin, is the sports editor defendant news magazine, back again. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> these with suppose
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> romney you can take it. >> a new ad we will play for you when we come back here with lynn sweet, chicago sun times methderr death shiner from row call and bill cress part full-court press. you are welcome to join our conversation at 866-55-press. we will be right back. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio and on...
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i don't trust mitt romney. what the hell is he saying? >> crazy. trust mitt romney? no way do we trust mitt romney. nice try mittance. but look: here is the deal: first of all, shall we point out, he is bragging about paying 13% in taxes? 13% is not a hell of a lot. 13% is one-third of what he ought to be paying which is 35%, and that's the cut rate under bush tax cuts. okay? that ought to be really 39%. so he's bragging about paying 13% when 39% is the going rate number 1. no. 2, you can't add your deductions on top of what you pay and say that's what i really paid like he says 13%, but if you add back what i gave to charities, then it's actually in the 20%. no. no. no. no. apples, oranges here, dude the you take all of your deductions including your charitable deductions and they go somewhere else. what you pay in taxes is the 13%. you don't add back your mortgage deduction, deduction, you know, your home child care deductions or health care deductions or whatever other deductions you can possibly take. you can't -- you don't add those back and then say, what i rea
i don't trust mitt romney. what the hell is he saying? >> crazy. trust mitt romney? no way do we trust mitt romney. nice try mittance. but look: here is the deal: first of all, shall we point out, he is bragging about paying 13% in taxes? 13% is not a hell of a lot. 13% is one-third of what he ought to be paying which is 35%, and that's the cut rate under bush tax cuts. okay? that ought to be really 39%. so he's bragging about paying 13% when 39% is the going rate number 1. no. 2, you...
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the things i said about him, the ugly names i called mitt romney, he's now my best friend. >> mitt romney ends up as republican nominee, i will work as hard for him as i would for myself. >> bill: as hard as he would for himself. sam will be along to talk jobs. also, tom buffer berger, the president -- tom buffenbarger will join us and brad woodhouse is the communications director for the democratic national committee. he's a real fighter. and is going to be in here to -- in studio with us to talk about how they're going to take the battle to mitt romney and in fact, they've already started to do so. let's get into all of that. but first dan. >> this is the "full court press." >> on this monday, other headlines making news, the masters -- >> april 9. >> the masters went into a playoff yesterday as bubba watson and louis oosthuizen were tied. 72 holes. watson saved par on the second playoff hole. the tenth at augusta by landing on the green by a shot in the trees, putted in one. the american rallied back from as far as four shots off the lead. he was ten under par going into the playoffs.
the things i said about him, the ugly names i called mitt romney, he's now my best friend. >> mitt romney ends up as republican nominee, i will work as hard for him as i would for myself. >> bill: as hard as he would for himself. sam will be along to talk jobs. also, tom buffer berger, the president -- tom buffenbarger will join us and brad woodhouse is the communications director for the democratic national committee. he's a real fighter. and is going to be in here to -- in studio...
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our the real world and politics collide. >> will your next doctor be a robot. gavin newsom probes for answers on "the gavin newsom show." only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "full >> 14 minutes before the top of the your, we are talking citizens united with mark hayes a public citizen. i'll get back to your calls at 866-55-press in just a second. a new feature here, once week, we want to take just a minute out to recognize the people who get it done, the ones who really get it done and for the first time we've got to recognize a young woman, goby douglas only 16 years old winning the gold last night in the all around gymnast event at the olympics. that's her second gold, she also won a gold also part of the women's gymnastics team a couple of days ago. she is just an absolute phenomenon. they call her the flying squirrel. >> nice. >> she is like 4'6". >> she's so tiny. if you watch her
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our the real world and politics collide. >> will your next doctor be a robot. gavin newsom probes for answers on "the gavin newsom show." only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "full >> 14 minutes before the top of the your, we are talking citizens united with mark hayes a public citizen. i'll get back to your calls at 866-55-press in just...
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romney." scott kreider is the man who created that website. we are going to talk to him in a few minutes. he is going to join us. dog lovers around the country won't let mitt for get this. they raise a lot of hell about it. now, actually, as bad as that is and it may be they should apologize for it. instead, now the romney campaign is fighting back against barack obama saying he is worse than mitt when the it comes to treating dogs because of something that is written in barack obama's book. sean hannity last night has mitt romney on the air, and he raises -- you've got to know what happened on sean hannity on fox news. he tries to direct the attack against barack obama. >> a dog story. you had a dog named sham u.s. and then after this came out, it's sort of like a sandra fluke controversy and the comments made about your dive. tell us about your dog and what did you think of the revelation that went viral today in the president's book he admitted eating dog when he was growing up in indonesi
romney." scott kreider is the man who created that website. we are going to talk to him in a few minutes. he is going to join us. dog lovers around the country won't let mitt for get this. they raise a lot of hell about it. now, actually, as bad as that is and it may be they should apologize for it. instead, now the romney campaign is fighting back against barack obama saying he is worse than mitt when the it comes to treating dogs because of something that is written in barack obama's...
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romney people were saying hey, we got this in the can. it turned out to be a pretty good night for progressives wasn't it? >> it wasn't that close. i was a little timid in my own prediction, i said 294 electoral votes, but back in august i wrote a column that said the coming of the obama landslide and i said 330 isn't out of the question. >> bill: so it will be 332 with florida -- because florida will be called today if i recally for obama. >> yes, and the conservatives are trying to emphasize the popular vote, but 2-something percent is not exactly a squeaker. >> bill: no. >> and if you look down the list of swing states, of course ohio, virginia and florida were very close, but the other swing states, obama won them by six seven, eight points every one of them. >> bill: and he won eight out of nine. >> exactly. >> bill: now i also think when you look at this coalition that president obama put together african-americans, 92% obama, latinos, 71%, obama; women 55%; young voters 18 to 29, 60%, and i think it was like 55 to 30 or 34 whatever
romney people were saying hey, we got this in the can. it turned out to be a pretty good night for progressives wasn't it? >> it wasn't that close. i was a little timid in my own prediction, i said 294 electoral votes, but back in august i wrote a column that said the coming of the obama landslide and i said 330 isn't out of the question. >> bill: so it will be 332 with florida -- because florida will be called today if i recally for obama. >> yes, and the conservatives are...
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they out romneyed romney. >> they did. they did. and they are richer than romney alleged your multi-national. romney uses tax havens in bermuda guhe doesn't have the option to keep all of this overseas to invest it overseas because think of it this way. asia accounts for more or less the same share of apple's revenue and income as the united states, all of asia. that income pool is drawing at twice to three times the rate of the united states. if you had think of apple as being a phone company, i think that's correct, they make most of their money from phones. they are an asian phone company and they are going to make most of their money geographically in asia. so to think of a company that makes most of it's money in asia as being exclusive to tax law, i don't think that makes senses. i think we should be realistic about the amount of money we can expect to ex tram from apple's income pool. >> you point out apple is not the only one? these stories of exxonmobil pay very low rate or zero tax. a lot of corporations, have a low rate o
they out romneyed romney. >> they did. they did. and they are richer than romney alleged your multi-national. romney uses tax havens in bermuda guhe doesn't have the option to keep all of this overseas to invest it overseas because think of it this way. asia accounts for more or less the same share of apple's revenue and income as the united states, all of asia. that income pool is drawing at twice to three times the rate of the united states. if you had think of apple as being a phone...
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. >> romney: of course not. i said we're going to replace it -- >> bill: let's pick up on that again. now exactly what he is saying, mitt, for now what are you going to keep and what are you getting rid of -- >> romney: i'm not getting rid of all healthcare reform. there are a number of things i'm going to put in place, one is that those with preexisting conditions will have health care, and two that young people can stay on his parent's insurance. >> bill: you see. he is going to keep preexisting conditions and the part what he is going to keep kids on their parents health care. and what else? is he going to keep the part that insurance companies can't drop you if you get sick and start taking more money out of the pool than they thought you were going to take? is he going to get rid of the tax breaks that provide healthcare to their employers? again, we don't know. so suddenly romney who is totally against obamacare, now he is sort of for it. this is sort of like romney -- i got to tell you if i were a republi
. >> romney: of course not. i said we're going to replace it -- >> bill: let's pick up on that again. now exactly what he is saying, mitt, for now what are you going to keep and what are you getting rid of -- >> romney: i'm not getting rid of all healthcare reform. there are a number of things i'm going to put in place, one is that those with preexisting conditions will have health care, and two that young people can stay on his parent's insurance. >> bill: you see. he...
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got mitt romney once again showing how rich he is. president obama campaigning again yesterday for the buffett rule and the miami marlins making a stupid, stupid decision to suspend their manager for a few games. man, we've got lots to cover today. we'll get right to it and we'll take your calls as we say we always -- in our little town hall every morning, we have a seat at the table for you. you're part of the conversation. if you can't be here physically in studio, just give us a call at 866-5 55-press. bill press here. ready to serve you as well as team press peter augburn. >> peter henning. >> hi, there. >> hi, there. >> and cyprian bolling our videographer. >> i'm here. >> i think i can hear through the door. >> how many horses do you own? >> about 12. >> what kind? >> dressage horses. >> of course. >> i have stallions. >> i think they're called lipizzaner. >> that's right. >> how do you not know? >> i have so many. >> he has a special breed they're called zipperzanner. >> it is a strange conversation. one that i've never really
got mitt romney once again showing how rich he is. president obama campaigning again yesterday for the buffett rule and the miami marlins making a stupid, stupid decision to suspend their manager for a few games. man, we've got lots to cover today. we'll get right to it and we'll take your calls as we say we always -- in our little town hall every morning, we have a seat at the table for you. you're part of the conversation. if you can't be here physically in studio, just give us a call at...
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they get stuck with mitt romney so then they all pull behind mitt romney. all part of the "the obama hate machine" which i wrote about in my latest book. president obama is re-elected. so you think they say okay. he's our president now. let's move forward. uh-huh. oh, no. tea party members in 20 states actually have filed petitions with the white house now they want the stateless to secede from the union because they're not happy with the election. give me a freakin' break. i thought by the way i thought secession was you weren't suppose to the allow that to happen. i thought we fought a civil war over that. believe it or not pesks have been filed with the white house -- they have this thing at the white house, if you have 25,000 signatures on a petition, the white house has promised that they will respond. so tea partiers in -- get this, alabama, arkansas, colorado, florida, georgia indiana kentucky louisiana michigan, mississippi, missouri, montana new jersey new york, north carolina north dakota, oregon south carolina, tennessee and texas have all filed
they get stuck with mitt romney so then they all pull behind mitt romney. all part of the "the obama hate machine" which i wrote about in my latest book. president obama is re-elected. so you think they say okay. he's our president now. let's move forward. uh-huh. oh, no. tea party members in 20 states actually have filed petitions with the white house now they want the stateless to secede from the union because they're not happy with the election. give me a freakin' break. i thought...
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i don't think romney. >> checkmate. >> romney can't use that line. >> what romney did say and i point this out in my column which is billpressshow.com. romney, on tuesday, said that if the supreme court invalidates the affordable care act, that means that the first three and a half years of the obama administration have been wasted. >> right. >> right? now, to be fair: isn't the reverse true? >> this is what i wrote in the piece that you read from briefly. this was basically my main idea in that piece. and that, you know admittedly would have been a really really powerful attack, i think, to independents and swing voters voters in the middle for romney to stand up there and say, you know, the economy was in the toilet, unemployment was rising above 10%, and what did obama spend his time on? a bill that now we know was a complete waste of the american people's time. can't say that. >> no. >> it has been removed. >> now you can almost take romney's words and turn them around and say this proves and john roberts agrees the first three and a half years were spent on something that was of
i don't think romney. >> checkmate. >> romney can't use that line. >> what romney did say and i point this out in my column which is billpressshow.com. romney, on tuesday, said that if the supreme court invalidates the affordable care act, that means that the first three and a half years of the obama administration have been wasted. >> right. >> right? now, to be fair: isn't the reverse true? >> this is what i wrote in the piece that you read from briefly....
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our her unique mix of comedy and politics to current tv. >> it's like a reality show, they're just turning cameras on and we just do our thing. >>politically direct to me means no b.s., the real thing, cutting through the clutter. i'm energized to start my show everyday because it's fun, because i care about what's going on in this country, rather than some sort of tired banter it is actual water cooler talk it's the way people really talk about these issues. we've always considered ourselves a comedy show. let me just say i am not ready for my close up. i think it's important to laugh. i think it will be exciting, because you can't script three hours of radio. what is going on? i can't tell you how many times right wingers call the show and say, "i don't agree with anything you say, but your show is funny as hell." the only thing that can save america now, current tv. can i say that? [ ♪ them
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our her unique mix of comedy and politics to current tv. >> it's like a reality show, they're just turning cameras on and we just do our thing. >>politically direct to me means no b.s., the real thing, cutting through the clutter. i'm energized to start my show everyday because it's fun, because i care about what's going on in this country, rather than some sort of...
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mitt romney will do pretty well. i will go out on the shortest limb and say that but his plan is to give a speech in new hampshire. he will come in about 300 short of the 11044 delegates needed. it's a formality you may not know is happening but president obama will clench the democratic nomination today. he needs 2,778 delegates. that will happen tonight. meanwhile, after honoring the 2012 teacher of the year and finalist, president obama will travel to chapel hill north carolina and then to bolder colorado, to continue to push congress to stop student loan interest rates from doubling this july. students at the unc campus camped out for tickets to see the president speak today. a jump in interest rates would affect 160,000 students in north carolina and 167,000 in colorado, about 7.4 million students nationwide carry federal student loans. for his part mitt romney is agreeing with president obama that they need to stop the federal rates from doubling. we will be right back with more bill press. attack on women that
mitt romney will do pretty well. i will go out on the shortest limb and say that but his plan is to give a speech in new hampshire. he will come in about 300 short of the 11044 delegates needed. it's a formality you may not know is happening but president obama will clench the democratic nomination today. he needs 2,778 delegates. that will happen tonight. meanwhile, after honoring the 2012 teacher of the year and finalist, president obama will travel to chapel hill north carolina and then to...
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romney ryan. romney ryan. romney ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> john: now this prompted a rather public mocking from joe scarborough. but i think it was an example of governor romney being a little stiff and trying to do some crowd work which isn't his specialty. i thought the governor took a bad rap on that one. what do you think? >> in that case, when morning joe showed the clip of it, they heard people chanting but you couldn't really quite make out what they were chanting. but morning joe added a subtitle to indicate that the crowd had been chanting ryan's name. and that -- which made it look like romney came in and said add my name, too which makes him look a little bit desperate. i was actually there at that event as were you know, 30, 40, 50 other reporters. almost all of us heard that the crowd was chanting romney. and he was -- it is still awkward. he still seems a little awkward. but it makes him seem a little less desperate. i pointed that out on "buzzfeed." wrote an item pointing that out. as did some conservative blogs a
romney ryan. romney ryan. romney ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> john: now this prompted a rather public mocking from joe scarborough. but i think it was an example of governor romney being a little stiff and trying to do some crowd work which isn't his specialty. i thought the governor took a bad rap on that one. what do you think? >> in that case, when morning joe showed the clip of it, they heard people chanting but you couldn't really quite make out...
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ohio florida virginia, romney is several points behind. if he doesn't do something to fix this, then he's going to be in trouble. the debates obviously are going to -- at the end of the day make a huge difference. he's behind by 7 8 points, that's a big challenge to overcome that. >> bill: five points behind i saw this morning in colorado. jon, as always, we got so much to cover but so little time. we're out of it. we'll let you sneak back into the house without waking up your kids. thanks so much for joining us this morning, jon ward from "huffington post" covering the romney campaign. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events more exp
ohio florida virginia, romney is several points behind. if he doesn't do something to fix this, then he's going to be in trouble. the debates obviously are going to -- at the end of the day make a huge difference. he's behind by 7 8 points, that's a big challenge to overcome that. >> bill: five points behind i saw this morning in colorado. jon, as always, we got so much to cover but so little time. we're out of it. we'll let you sneak back into the house without waking up your kids....
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can you imagine romney in a similar situation? guy who picked up romney. romney would have made a face as if the guy was diseased or something. romney would not have known how to handle it. no doubt about it! >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." . [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey hello everybody. good to see you today. this is tuesday, september 11th. and this is the "full court press" on current tv. welcome to the program. good to see you. we'll talk about the meaning of september 11th here, the day we have to remember and reflect upon how great it is to be americans and what a great loss we suffered 11 years ago today. also time to get into some of the other issues. 26,000 teachers on strike in chicago. this time, they're not striking against a republican governor, scott walker or republican governor john kasich or republican governor chris christie. but democratic mayor rahm emanuel. isn't it time to give teachers the respect and the paycheck that they deserve? we'll get into that and a whole lot more here but first today's current news update fro
can you imagine romney in a similar situation? guy who picked up romney. romney would have made a face as if the guy was diseased or something. romney would not have known how to handle it. no doubt about it! >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." . [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey hello everybody. good to see you today. this is tuesday, september 11th. and this is the "full court press" on current tv. welcome to the program. good to see you. we'll talk about...
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he has about $10 million more in cash on hand than mitt romney but romney is not that concerned. ez useraising money as a selling point and picked up big endorsements including marco rubio, a g.o.p. rising star and talked about as a possible vice presidentcial candidate. romney will be in texas picking up the endorsemented of george h.w. bush. >> talking about the rick santorum and what he has to do. the strategy is win or go home. he has got to pick up wisconsin because ethe is not going to get maryland or dc on tuesday. after that, he has to get his home state of pennsylvania on the 24th. it really is a winner or go home strategy strategy. today, he will be in california at the jelly belly company in fairfield but that primary is not even until the beginning of june. coming up next on bill press, we've got congressman steny hoy hoyer and david korn. join us in chat current.com/billpress. we will see you there. i think its brilliant. >>current tv welcomes two new hosts. news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>i know this stuff and i love i
he has about $10 million more in cash on hand than mitt romney but romney is not that concerned. ez useraising money as a selling point and picked up big endorsements including marco rubio, a g.o.p. rising star and talked about as a possible vice presidentcial candidate. romney will be in texas picking up the endorsemented of george h.w. bush. >> talking about the rick santorum and what he has to do. the strategy is win or go home. he has got to pick up wisconsin because ethe is not going...
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the bill woodhall -- woodsmal says, hillary is correct to call out mitt romneys, ann romney for being out of touch with real women's issues. my reasoning, if mit indicates his wife is his advisor on women's issues she is fair game. >> an too high needles says you are the epitome of the knee-jerk liberal part of the problem never the solution. no analysis, no evidence of any critical thinking just whining, petty commentary. >> well, mr. neddles, you don't have to watch. you don't have to listen. get out of here. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. this is monday april 16th, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press, the bill press show, your show on current tv. good to have you with us as we talk the big storied today. today or tomorrow, you have to pay your taxes. president obama already paid his. he made $790,000 last year in which he paid 20 1/2% income tax rate, which, like warren buffett, by the way is a lower tax rate than his secretary paid at the whitehouse which just proves why we need that buffett rule. going to be voted o
the bill woodhall -- woodsmal says, hillary is correct to call out mitt romneys, ann romney for being out of touch with real women's issues. my reasoning, if mit indicates his wife is his advisor on women's issues she is fair game. >> an too high needles says you are the epitome of the knee-jerk liberal part of the problem never the solution. no analysis, no evidence of any critical thinking just whining, petty commentary. >> well, mr. neddles, you don't have to watch. you don't...
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>>how did romney get his groove back? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press show. >> 24 minutes after the hour. we are supposed to feel sorry for poor george zimmerman. he is just no longer the kind loving, caring man we used to know. yeah. maybe he should have thought about that before he pulled out his gun. kent calling from richmond virginia. hi, kent. >> bill, pleasure to visit with you. >> thank you. >> one of the central issues i wanted to remind everyone is never forget where the money and organization is coming from to fight this whole issue. the gun lobby is amazingly powerful, as we all know. they have been manipulating these stand your ground laws and they are, of course, utilizing all these -- >> by the way, can i just interrupt for a second? >> y.e.s.es. >> alec, the american legislative, whatever council is a koch brothers-funded operation. you can read about it in my new book, "the obama hate machine."
>>how did romney get his groove back? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press show. >> 24 minutes after the hour. we are supposed to feel sorry for poor george zimmerman. he is just no longer the kind loving, caring man we used to know. yeah. maybe he should have thought about that before he pulled out his gun. kent calling from richmond virginia. hi, kent. >>...